MR. J. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACEA. 69 
4. BuTONICA TERRESTRIS, Rumph. Amb. iii. lib. 5. cap. 30. р. 181, tab. 115 (pl. ad 4 
dimens. reduct.): Barringtonia elongata, Korth. in Kruidk. Arch. i. p. 206 (nomen 
solum) : Barringtonia racemosa, Bl. (non Juss.), in Van Houtte's Flora, vii. p. 28; 
Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. p. 486: Barringtonia rubra, Miq. l. c. p.487: Stravadium 
rubrum, DC. Prodr. iii. 289 (excl. syn.): arbor demissa, ramulis crassiusculis, fistu- 
losis, rufo-brunneis, pruinosis: foliis approximatis, majusculis, elongato-oblongis, 
apice acute attenuatis, imo spathulato-cuneatis, angustatis, et in petiolo decurren- 
tibus, marginibus subrepandis et supra medium sinuato-serratis, dentibus obtusulis 
вгере aciculato-mucronatis, tenuiter chartaceis, supra pallide viridibus, opacis, nervis 
adscendentibus utrinque circa 20 tenuibus prominulis et marginem versus arcuatim 
nexis, subtus flavide pallidioribus, opacis, nervis costaque lata striolata prominenti- 
bus; petiolo subtenui, limbo 16plo breviore: racemo terminali, pendulo, folio vix 
longiore; rachi subtenui, striata; floribus alternis, subremotis, breviter pedicellatis ; 
calycis limbo mediocri, globoso, demum in lobos 3 ovatos concavos rupto; petalis 4, 
duplo longioribus, obovatis, rubris; staminibus, disco styloque ut in char. gen.; 
ovario turbinato, sub-4-gono, 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 2 suspensis: fructu 
oblongo, utrinque obtuso, ealyce coronato, costato-4-gono, rugoso, viridi, demum 
flavide brunneo, abortu 1-осшагі et monospermo; seminis embryone mesopodo, 
rotunde oblongo, obsolete 4-gono. In Java orientali indigena et in hort. Bogor. 
cult.: v. s. in hb. Hook. Banca (Horsfield), Patjetan (Horsfield 209). 
The specimens above quoted accord well with Rumphius's Butonica terrestris rubra in 
the size and shape of the leaves as well as in the inflorescence, agreeing with the 
dimensions given in the text; but on his plate 115 the plant is reduced to a quarter of 
its proper size, which makes it difficult of recognition; we cannot hesitate, however, in 
considering them specifically identical. Rumphius describes it as a low tree, growing in 
gravelly soils, in woods remote from the sea. According to his account, the leaves are 
narrower and more flaccid than in the other plants described by him; they are acute at 
both extremities, obsoletely serrulate, 12—18 in. long, 3 in. broad, and petiolated ; the 
raceme is 2 feet long, with somewhat remote flowers; the calyx is divided into 2 or 3 
lobes; petals and stamens red; the fruit, crowned by the calyx, is 3 in. long, 15 іп. 
broad. In Horsfield’s specimens the leaves are 11} in. long, 2% in. broad, on petioles 8 
lines long; the raceme is above a foot long, with flowers ? in. apart, on pedicels 1 line 
long; the calycine lobes are 4 lines long; the petals 8 lines long, 6 lines broad, aggluti- 
nated by their claws to the staminiferous tube. The analysis of the flower, and a drawing 
of the fruit in its natural size, are shown in Plate XIV. figs. 4-9. 
The Barringtonia racemosa of Blume (non Juss.) is considered by Miquel to be the 
same as Horsfield’s plant from Patjetan and Banca, which is here regarded as identical 
with Rumphius's plant from Amboyna, in the same region. Blume's species, В. race- 
mosa, in Van Houtte's Flora, is a heterogeneous mixture of plants from all quarters. 
There can therefore be no hesitation in placing under this species the Java plants 
enumerated by Blume and Miquel under the name of В. racemosa, that species being 
confined to the Indian peninsula and Ceylon. 
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